Nixon Best Qualified - Nixon, Richard Milhouse, [Republican], 1960

Item — BurtonHall Cold Storage: 1, PCC - Film Reel - 16mm: 269

Identifier: P-9-149

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents Excerpt of Eisenhower's speech supporting Nixon. Focuses on Nixon's participation home and abroad. Agency or Creating Entity: Other

Dates

Creation: 1960

Conditions Governing Use

While the University owns the materials in its collection, it does not own copyright to any of the materials. It is the responsibility of the user to acquire any necessary copyright authorizations for use of the materials such as may be required.

Biographical / Historical

The Political Communication Collection, located in the Carl Albert Center Congressional Research and Studies Center Archives, contains political television and radio commercials from the beginning of the 20th century through the present day.

Full Extent

From the Series: 14,137 Items (14,137 items (This series includes United States Office of President Campaign Ads from 1912-2016): Each item within this collection falls under the following categories: 16mm film reels, VHS videotape, 3/4" U-Matic videotape, 1" and 2" tap, Beta SP, Betamax, Mini DV, DVD, and born-digital video formats.)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: Hold

Additional Description

Transcript – Full

Here is President Eisenhower's decision on who is best qualified to follow him in the White House. Dick Nixon is superbly experienced, maturely conditioned in the critical affairs of the world. For eight years he has been a full participant in the deliberations that have produced the great decisions affecting our nation's security and have kept us at peace. He has shared more intimately in the great affairs of government than any vice president in all our history. He has traveled the world, studying at first hand the hopes and the needs of more than 50 nations. He knows in person the leaders of those nations, knowledge of immeasurable value to a future president. By all odds, Richard Nixon is the best qualified man to be the next president of the United States. Along with the president, all America is going for Nixon and Lange. Vote for them on November 8th. They understand what peace demands.